Picumnus dorbignyanus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The ocellated piculet (Picumnus dorbignyanus) is a species of bird in subfamily Picumninae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru and possibly Argentina. The ocellated piculet was first described in 1845 by the French ornithologist Frédéric de Lafresnaye as Picumnus d'Orbignyanus, named in honor of the French naturalist Alcide d'Orbigny. Since then the name has often been misspelled as P. dorbygnianus.
However, the species' taxonomy and that of genus Picnumnus in general are uncertain. The two subspecies have at times been treated as separate species and also as subspecies of the white-barred piculet (P. cirratus). In addition, at times other subspecies have been attributed to it. The ocellated piculet is closely related to the white-barred piculet and the ochre-collared piculet (P. temminckii) and at times these species have been treated as synonymous. The ocellated piculet hybridizes with the white-barred piculet where their ranges overlap.
The ocellated piculet is 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Ocellated Piculet sighting in Amboró National Park on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 140th most-seen of the 273 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and August–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ocellated Piculet in Amboró National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May, July and October–March, the lowest months. Those are among Amboró National Park's driest months, with about 110 mm of rain a month against 340 mm in January. June has too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ocellated Piculet sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Amboró National Park, in our data
Amboró National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ocellated Piculet sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ocellated Piculet is recorded against all the birds logged in Amboró National Park (18 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
